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A Primer on Juvenile Protective Legislation
Author(s) -
Abrams Douglas E.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/jfcj.12020
Subject(s) - legislation , doctrine , neglect , juvenile delinquency , political science , state (computer science) , proposition , law , subject (documents) , juvenile , criminology , psychology , law and economics , sociology , psychiatry , philosophy , computer science , epistemology , algorithm , biology , genetics , library science
The parens patriae doctrine is grounded in the proposition that children sometimes need the law's protection from their own improvidence or immaturity, and sometimes even from the conduct of their parents or other caretakers. P arens patriae underlies much state and federal regulation in such areas as abuse, neglect, foster care, adoption, medical decisionmaking, support, and delinquency. The doctrine also underlies the wide range of protective legislation that regulates children's conduct, the subject of this article.